India Showcases Homegrown AI Models at Summit

Fledgling Indian AI companies showcased homegrown models at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Feb. 20, 2026, with firms such as Sarvam AI and Gnani.ai unveiling LLMs and speech models optimized for Indian languages. Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted three new models, while analysts warned India currently lacks frontier compute power, though domestic tools could drive large-scale adoption across the country's vast market.